Thirty years' achievements in prevention and control of hepatitis B virus infection

Author: Ping-ping LAI ¹ ; Yang DING ¹ ; Xiao-guang DOU ¹
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1. Department of Infectious Disease, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang 110022, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Hepatitis B virus; infection; Hepatitis B vaccine; prevention and control
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine 2019;39(10):839-841
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Hepatitis B vaccination and blocking mother-to-child transmission of HBV are of great significance in the prevention and control of HBV infection. Hepatitis B vaccination is the most effective way to prevent HBV infection. Mother-tochild transmission of HBV can be greatly reduced by these measures, which include strengthening the screening of HBV in women of childbearing age, antiviral treatment in pregnant women with high viral load, and combined immunization of hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immunoglobulin for newborns of HBsAg positive mothers. In the recent 30 years, remarkable achievements have been made in the prevention and control of HBV infection in China.